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Program

Chaired by Dr. Parth Lodhia from the University of British Columbia (UBC), the 2025 Annual Meeting program features comprehensive education across all of the orthopaedic subspecialties and showcases the best in research, innovation and critical issues.

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Updates will be made regularly. All programming is subject to changes.

All Times listed are in Pacific Time (PT)

 

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Program Chair

Dr. Parth Lodhia is an Orthopaedic Surgeon with the Division of Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine at UBC. He graduated from UBC medical school in 2007, and subsequently completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at UBC in 2012. He then pursued a fellowship in sports medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX and was privileged to be part of the medical support team for multiple professional sports teams. He went on to pursue additional sub-specialty training in hip preservation surgery with an emphasis on hip arthroscopy and treatment of athletic hip injuries. His research interests include clinical outcomes of hip arthroscopy and soft tissue reconstructions about the knee, and he also serves as a reviewer for multiple peer-reviewed journals in the field.

Guest Speakers

RI Harris Lecturer

  • Dr. Robert G. McCormack

Presidential Guest Speaker

  • Dr. Marc J. Philippon

Ian Macnab Lecturer

  • Thomas R. Oxland, Ph.D., P.Eng., FRSC

Subspecialty Guest Speakers

Coming Soon!

Special Guests

ASG Fellows

  • Patrick Sadoghi, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A. (Austria)
  • Lazaros Vlachopoulos, MD, PhD (Switzerland)
  • Anne Elisabeth Postler, MD (Germany)
  • Sebastian Scheidt, MD (Germany)

Anica Bitenc Fellow

  • Dr. Aljaz Mercun (Slovenia)
Accreditation Statement

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Learning Objectives

At the end of this conference, participants will be able to:

  • Review and evaluate the results of clinical advances in the diagnosis and management of common orthopaedic conditions in the areas of traumatology, arthroplasty, foot and ankle, upper extremity, hand and wrist, spine, sports medicine, paediatrics, and oncology.
  • Describe the importance of diversity in orthopaedics.
  • Update and expand their understanding of the advances in basic science research in musculoskeletal health and disease, and apply this understanding to current clinical challenges and the improvement of patient outcomes.
  • Establish strategies that balance both benefit and risk in the care of specific orthopaedic maladies and describe the expected patient outcomes.
  • Discuss innovative ideas with orthopaedic surgery thought leaders.
  • Communicate with colleagues from across the country thereby strengthening professional relationships.
  • Compare and evaluate the latest in orthopaedic equipment and services.
  • Describe the ways in which orthopaedic care is provided in different countries.
2025 Scientific Planning Committee – Conflict of Interest Disclosures
  • Aaron Bois:
    • Membership on advisory boards or speakers’ bureaus: Co-Editor for Elsevier (The Shoulder, textbook)
  • Anthony Cooper:
    • Funded grants or clinical trials from: OrthoPediatrics: Unrestricted Research Grant from OrthoPediatrics 2022 – ongoing; POSNA Registry Grant June 1, 2022-May 31, 2025 Canadian Orthopaedic Research Legacy (CORL) Grant 05/2022-05/2024 BC Children’s Hospital Foundation 03/2021-03/2026 CFRI Investigator Grant Award Program (IGAP) 2016 -2026 Canadian Institute of Health Research Grant 2023-2025 War Amps Research Grant 2022-2027
    • Consultant or employee fees have been received from: Course director for the Canadian Orthoapedic Trauma Course (UBC) which receives sponsorship from OrthoPediatrics and DePuy Synthes. President of the Canadian Paediatric Orthopaedic Society (CPOS).
  • Helen Crofts: No conflict of interest to report.
  • Gurpreet Dhaliwal: No conflict of interest to report.
  • Kelly Hynes:
    • Research or institutional support has been received from: AOFAS (American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society)
    • Consultant or employee fees have been received from: ACUMED
  • Parth Lodhia:
    • Direct financial payments including receipt of honoraria: Arthrex Inc
    • Funded Grants or Clinical Trials from: Ossur Canada / UBC Orthopaedics
  • Steve Mann:
    • Membership on advisory boards or speakers’ bureaus: Speakers’ bureau for Stryker
  • Matthew Menon: To be updated.
  • Eryck Moskven: To be updated.
  • Christopher Nielsen: No conflict of interest to report.
  • Prism Schneider:
    • Membership on advisory boards or speakers’ bureaus: Strategic Advisory board member (Stryker) / Invited Presentations (Johnson & Johnson)
    • Funded grants or clinical trials: Investigator – initiated Research Grant (Johnson & Johnson / Smith and Nephew)
  • Mark Sommerfeldt: No conflict of interest to report.
  • Matt Teeter:
    • Membership on advisory boards or speakers’ bureaus: Canadian RSA Network, Member of board of directors.
    • Funded grants or clinical trials: for the Arthritis Society
  • Allison Tucker: No conflict of interest to report.
  • David Wilson: No conflict of interest to report.

 

Pre-Meeting Lab (Unaccredited)

AAC Hands-On Knee Lab, in partnership with Tactile Orthopaedics – more information to come!

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